Why Professional Development for computer science teachers?

Teachers are the foundation of excellence in computer science. The world needs
well prepared educators to facilitate CS not only because of the growing number
of computing related jobs, but also because it develops critical thinking
skills needed to solve complex problems, creativity that fosters new ideas, and
skills to drive innovation in tech and other fields.

How does CS4HS work?

PD practitioners apply for an annual CS4HS award. They facilitate the
development and delivery of professional development to teachers around the
world who need additional support and resources to teach computer science and
computational thinking.

CS4HS Funding Criteria

Funding is awarded to applicants from research institutions, universities,
school districts and educational nonprofits dedicated to delivering exemplary
Computer Science professional development for teachers.

“With generous support from Google through the CS4HS program, we have been able
to upskill in excess of 300 primary school teachers and pre-service teachers
and 50 secondary teachers from across the south-east Queensland region. The
change in the confidence and preparedness to rollout the new Digital
Technologies curriculum has been dramatic.”

“Google's involvement in CS4HS in NZ has been a massive benefit to the country,
and every teacher I have spoken too has been extremely grateful for the
professional development made possible by Google's funding, due to the lack of
other resources in the country.”

“The [CS4HS workshop] provides a platform for the teachers to share and learn
from each other. Ultimately, motivate interest in Computer Science in K-12
Environment, to make the students comprehend the principles of computers and
sophisticated thinking of solve problems, fostering students computational
thinking, to develop their problem-solving methods and self-access to
knowledge.”

– Shaojun Qu, Hunan Normal University (CS4HS China workshop awardee)

“The [CS4HS workshop] won huge popularity with the participants as it could
better meet the needs of their day-to-day teaching practice in terms of content
and form. The goal is to achieve the idea of "Computer Science For All", which
requires the teachers to spread the knowledge and skills they acquired in the
program to their students as a whole.”

“This [CS4HS workshop] has greatly promoted the popularization of computer
education, has pushed the development of the Educational Technology Education
forward, and has helped to foster a great amount of IT talents in China.”

“Our initial CS4HS grants were instrumental in gathering critical mass to form
an operational CSTA chapter in Wisconsin. Furthermore, it laid the groundwork
for a network of CS teachers around the state to begin sharing resources,
advocating for state-level change in the capitol, and advising us at the
university level.”

– Dennis Brylow, Marquette University (CS4HS US workshop awardee)

“Over the last four years, we have seen tremendous progress in computer science
education and advocacy in New Jersey. I don't think we would have come nearly
as far if it weren't for Google's support of CS4HS and the relationships and
discussions initiated at the workshops. Thank you.”

“The response to CS professional development opportunities from Texas teachers
has been outstanding. If you provide teachers with useful, high quality
training and support teachers financially to attend, they will gladly step up
to the plate to learn these new skills. Thanks to Google for helping The
University of Texas at Austin to create this support network and build capacity
to provide CS education to every Texas student.”

– Carol L. Fletcher, University of Texas at Austin (CS4HS US workshop awardee)